French designer Chantal Thomass has been called the “Amazon of Sexy” and she lives up to her reputation. Ellen von Unwerth’s mischievous lingerie romp images remind us that garter belts and lace coexist with law degrees or a desire to fund microloans for poor women.

Few people understand this mindset better than French women, who lead the way in purchases of beautiful lingerie. French women invest far more of their clothing budgets — an estimated 20% — on lingerie than American women who spend 10%.

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